Cuff



Jan. 18, 1938. 2,105,471

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Patented Jan. 18, 1938 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 1 Claim.

This invention aims to provide a cuff of novel form, adapted forend-for-end reversal in a coat sleeve. The invention aims, further, toprovide novel combination of parts, including a coat sleeve and cuff,together with novel means for holding the cuff detachably and releasablywithin the sleeve, and, specifically, to the loose lining of the sleeve.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the inventionappertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the accompanying drawing:

7 Fig. 1 shows in plan, a cufi constructed in accordance with theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation of the sleeve having the cuff mountedtherein;

Fig. 3 is a transverse section on the line 3--3 of Fig. 2.

Fig. 4 is a section on the line 4-4 of Fig. 3.

In carrying out the invention, there is provided a narrow cuff I, thelength of which, for example, may be as to its width as eleven is totwo, although that exact ratio is not insisted upon. The cufi may bemade of cloth or other material generally used in the manufacture ofcuffs and if the cuff is made in several layers, as is usual, thoselayers are stitched together, adjacent to the margin of the cuff, asshown at 2.

The cult is provided intermediate its ends with a middle or first buttonhole 3 and is provided near to its ends with terminal or second buttonholes 4, the button holes 3 and 4 preferably being located in a straightline, and being located intermediate and about midway between the upperand lower edges of the cufi, to provide for an endfor-end reversal ofthe cuff.

The numeral 5 marks the sleeve of a coat, the sleeve comprising a body25 having the usual inturned end portion 6. First buttons 7 are sewed at8 to the inturned, integral, circumferentiallycontinuous end portion 5,in oppositely-disposed relation, and a second button 9 is sewed at ID tothe inturned end portion 6 at a point remote from the buttons 1. Thestitched buttons 1 and 9 are spaced apart circumferentially of thesleeve and are spaced from the extremity of the sleeve at such distancesthat some of the cuff will proiect beyond the extremity 26 of the sleevewhen the buttons are inserted through the button holes of the cuff. Thestitchings 8 and ID are free from the body 25, and the body hides thestitchings from a view point without the sleeve 5.

The buttons 1 and 9 and the button holes 3 and 4 constitute detachablyinterengaged means for holding the cuff l within the inturned end member6 of the sleeve 5, a portion of said means, to wit, the buttons 1 and 9,being secured to the part 6.

The general construction of the device is such that no cuff links arerequired. The operator can simply button his cuif inside the coatsleeve. If one longitudinal edge of the cufi I becomes soiled, the cuffcan be turned end-for-end, and then a new clean edge of the cufi willproject beyond the extremity of the sleeve 5, as shown in Fig. 2 of thedrawing. The inturned end portion 6 forms a firm base to which thebuttons 1 and 9 may be stitched. The mounting of the buttons 1 and 9 onthe inturned end portion 6 of the sleeve 5 serves to dispose the buttonsclose to the extremity 26 of the sleeve, whereby, without mussing thesleeve or the cuff l, the cuff may be mounted in place and reversedend-for-end, whilst the sleeve is on the arm of a wearer, and wherebythe cuff may be narrow, as aforesaid, and still project visibly beyondthe extremity 26 of the sleeve.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

A coat sleeve comprising a body having an integral, inturned,circumferentially-continuous end portion, buttons, stitchings connectingthe buttons to the inturned end portion, the stitchings being free fromthe body, and the body hiding the stitchings from a view-point withoutthe sleeve, the inturned end portion forming a firm base to which thebuttons may be stitched; and a narrow cuff mounted within the inturnedend portion, for end-for-end reversal, the cuff being providedintermediate its upper and lower edges with button holes through whichthe buttons may be inserted, the mounting of the buttons on the inturnedend portion serving to dispose the buttons close to the extremity of thesleeve, whereby, without mussing either the sleeve or the cuff, the cultmay be mounted in place and reversed end for end, whilst the sleeve ison the arm of a wearer, and whereby the cuif may be narrow, asaforesaid, and still project visibly beyond the extremity of the sleeve.

FRED O. C. BROWN.

